Life lies in labor!
Young people despise “shit jobs” and shout to lie down, migrant workers fight to ask for wages and defend their rights and interests-these two kinds of discussions happen at the same time, different groups are dissatisfied with work, is there a common way out? Is there a better alternative to the so-called work that occupies our lives every day?
We all need to choose our attitude towards work and labor. In this issue of “The Screw Is Tightening”, the host Wu Qi invites Mr. Huang Yu, who is deeply involved in the field of labor research, to have a dialogue with fashionable words such as “involution” and “laying flat”, marking the missing or covered up parts in mainstream discussions. They chatted about how today’s educated youth find themselves losing their elite halo, how manual workers are both needed and devalued under the trend of “machine substitution”, why “self-employment” is a false proposition…
The “iron rice bowl” has been broken, the “white-collar” is no longer glorious, the reality of workers continues, and the discourse has withered, how should we face all crises related to work? Or, with what determination should one start the day’s work? We don’t have to face these problems alone, the way out will emerge through joint exploration and action.
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02:13
Young people talk about “shit work” VS migrant workers talk about labor rights
—Is there a connection between the two discourses?
05:08
When we say “involvement”, we are actually talking about whether we can work harder and get more rewards
12:03
Why is the story of “Master Lie Flat” highly praised by educated youth?
23:57
Huang Yu: Most people are so free that they have nothing, but they still have to face work
29:15
The Similar Fate of Intellectuals and Workers: Detechnization and Proletarianization
35:48
Labor rights are not won by “lying”, but fought for in the workplace
39:00
Huang Yu: Artificial intelligence also requires a lot of low-end and boring manual labor
47:19
“Part-time jobs” cannot escape capital control, and “self-employment” is a false proposition
52:57
Huang Yu: “Work” is not a good concept, “labor” is more explanatory
1:01:35
Before you ask “What is a good job?”, think about it
——Why is there a distinction between good and bad jobs in our society?
1:10:33
If everyone is self-employed, where is the basis for labor solidarity?
1:22:42
Wu Qi: Do not take loneliness as a form of resistance
books mentioned in the conversation
Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia, by Clifford Geertz
“China’s Hidden Agricultural Revolution”, by Huang Zongzhi
“Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degeneration of Labor in the Twentieth Century” by Harry Braverman
“Making Consent: Changes in the Labor Process in Monopoly Capitalism” by Michael Blowy
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, by Seth M. Holmes
The German Ideology, by [de] Karl Marx, by [de] Friedrich Engels
Public figures/groups mentioned in the conversation
Walt Whitman Rostow (1916-2003), American economist and political theorist
Donald Francis Roy (Donald Francis Roy, 1909-1980), American sociologist
Luo Huazhong became popular for posting on the Internet to record his “lying flat” life
Sanhe Dashen is a collective name for a group of migrant workers who live near Jingle New Village, Longhua District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province.
Huang Binhuan, Distinguished Researcher, Department of Sociology, School of Government, Shenzhen University
Paul Mason, UK economics reporter
Guy Standing, British economist
Movies and TV works mentioned in the conversation
“Break” (1975), Director: Li Wenhua
interactive way
If you have any thoughts or questions about the topic of this issue or this program, please boldly leave a message in the comment area of each listening platform, or Weibo Wu Qi @五七to interact with the host. In the next episode, we will select some questions and the anchor Wu Qi will answer them.
“The Screws Are Tightening” will be launched on certain Thursdays of each month, and we look forward to screwing the screws together next time!
Producer: Peng Qianyuan
Producer: Hu Yaping
Editor: Cai Zhiqin
Editing: Ang
Visual Design: Li Zhengke, Yang Ruwei
Program Operation: Liu Yuxuan
Original Music: Xu Xiaoxiao
Intern: Lin Xingyu
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